THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Albert Bond

Albert Bond (1921-23)

[Born St. Pancras, London 3 Jun 1888, died Northwood, Hillingdon, Middlesex 28 Nov 1965]

Albert Bond made his stage debut in 1917 as leading tenor in the premiere of a new opera, Dante and Beatrice at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1917. The following year he was engaged by the Carl Rosa Opera Company, and over the next several years played leading tenor roles in The Tales of Hoffmann, Madame Butterfly, and La Boheme, among others, in London and on tour.

Bond joined the D'Oyly Carte "New" Opera Company in June 1921 as the second principal tenor. He sang the Defendant in Trial by Jury, Lord Tolloller in Iolanthe, and Leonard Meryll in The Yeomen of the Guard, and in his second season (1922-23), when Iolanthe was dropped from the "New" Company repertoire, also shared the role of Nanki-Poo in The Mikado with Charles Goulding. He left the D'Oyly Carte in June 1923 at the end of the season.

After leaving the D'Oyly Carte he toured for a time with th Imperial Grand Opera Company, the Godwin-Hallett Company, the Bowyer-Westwood Grand Opera Company, and the Flintoff-Moore Company. He appears to have given up his operatic career by 1930, but would continue to perform professionally in concerts for a few years thereafter.

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